It's the name factor. It's the basketball portion that makes it true. I agree that we can hold our own in academics, but when you bring UNC BBall into the equation, we lose. :sad:
UNC it is.
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It's the name factor. It's the basketball portion that makes it true. I agree that we can hold our own in academics, but when you bring UNC BBall into the equation, we lose. :sad:
Exactly what I thought. I wish him the best of luck I just don't get the way it was done.
He pulled a stunt. He's slightly full of himself. He wants to cut the apron strings and go to school out of town. Just like a hundred thousand other Iowa high school seniors.
He may never be a Cyclone, but he's a Cyclone son. I'll let the presser go and wish him luck. And keep burning, stomping and sticking needles in my Roy Williams doll...
He may never be a Cyclone, but he's a Cyclone son. I'll let the presser go and wish him luck. And keep burning, stomping and sticking needles in my Roy Williams doll...
We all love ISU but let's get real, UNC is a top 5 public school in the country, maybe even top 3. Especially in business.
A lot of you should think about this. What if he hadn't made it public? It would have drawn attention, and people would speculate that he was fearing an ISU backlash. He made it public because that's how lots of the biggest prospects do it. I don't think we have any right to feel entitled to him. It's the nature of college recruiting for kids to leave their hometown, no matter what that town did for him. He'll still represent that town and state in the NBA.
I agree with the poster that said McD knew he was taking a risk when opening the doors to the basketball facility, etc. when recruiting Barnes. McD knew he would have to go all out to compete with the other big names going after Barnes. It's unfair to blame Harrison Barnes for not picking us - we had a lot going against us.
Just think some of you need to take a break and chill, especially with the hating. Who knows, maybe he'll still be a Cyclone fan once he's in the NBA and past it.
Edit: Also agree he should have taken ISU out of it a long time ago, since that would have been best for everyone.
A lot of you should think about this. What if he hadn't made it public? It would have drawn attention, and people would speculate that he was fearing an ISU backlash. He made it public because that's how lots of the biggest prospects do it. I don't think we have any right to feel entitled to him. It's the nature of college recruiting for kids to leave their hometown, no matter what that town did for him. He'll still represent that town and state in the NBA.
I agree with the poster that said McD knew he was taking a risk when opening the doors to the basketball facility, etc. when recruiting Barnes. McD knew he would have to go all out to compete with the other big names going after Barnes. It's unfair to blame Harrison Barnes for not picking us - we had a lot going against us.
Just think some of you need to take a break and chill, especially with the hating. Who knows, maybe he'll still be a Cyclone fan once he's in the NBA and past it.
Edit: Also agree he should have taken ISU out of it a long time ago, since that would have been best for everyone.
Seriously people get over it. To everyone saying HB kicked us in the nuts, no. You let yourselves be kicked in the nuts. I haven't been reading many threads here (hell I can get the jist of the story usually from the 20 threads about him on the front page), but from what I've seen there is no credible reason to think he was coming here.
A common theme I've seen this week is "Oh I didn't really think there was a chance of him coming here... but for absolutely no freak'n reason what so ever, I'm feeling really optomistic this week"
I mean seriously... "Oh my his mom might have smiled at a baker who asked if she wanted red and gold frosting on the cup cakes" SO WHAT??? thats called politely brushing off a joke! Ya'll set yourselves up for this disappointment.
Yeah it'd have been nice if he came here but last I checked we still have a basketball team in Hilton tonight and a football team tomorrow. Quit acting like all of ISU athletics hung on this kid and lets get back to the people we do have - it's not like we lost someone here, we never had him. Too bad, so sad.
He did what he needed to do for himself. Only thing he could have done differently is stood up to the home town pressure and said "Sorry guys, I'm looking to take my career in a different direction" earlier.
Beyond that, Good luck at UNC. I hope the circus leaves town with him
Good freak'n grief people
A common theme I've seen this week is "Oh I didn't really think there was a chance of him coming here... but for absolutely no freak'n reason what so ever, I'm feeling really optomistic this week"
I mean seriously... "Oh my his mom might have smiled at a baker who asked if she wanted red and gold frosting on the cup cakes" SO WHAT??? thats called politely brushing off a joke! Ya'll set yourselves up for this disappointment.
Yeah it'd have been nice if he came here but last I checked we still have a basketball team in Hilton tonight and a football team tomorrow. Quit acting like all of ISU athletics hung on this kid and lets get back to the people we do have - it's not like we lost someone here, we never had him. Too bad, so sad.
He did what he needed to do for himself. Only thing he could have done differently is stood up to the home town pressure and said "Sorry guys, I'm looking to take my career in a different direction" earlier.
Beyond that, Good luck at UNC. I hope the circus leaves town with him
Good freak'n grief people
Originally Posted by Dolokaju 
I'm just telling you what he told me. He's a finalist to be a National Merit Scholar and has done a lot of research on colleges.
My nephew visited both UNC and Duke, his assessment on the academic was this. INC is your typical state school. In his opinion it offered nothing more academically than ISU. Duke was impressive though there are only 2 schools - Engineering and Non-Engineering. IMO it came down to his chances of winning a national title. One thing I think will be taken bad is that he said a big reason was how well he got along with the UNC players. Didn't he spend a lot of time working out with our team? Unfortunately it's a case of going to the prom with a friend and leaving with hottest girl there if you have a chance.
I'm just telling you what he told me. He's a finalist to be a National Merit Scholar and has done a lot of research on colleges.
Not sure how someone is a fan of something first, I'm a fan of both not one before the other, but this was an Ames High player announcing his decision, had nothing to do with ISU aside from the fact that they were still on the list. Sorry some people can't make that distinction.